433 Rapp Road N, Valatie, NY 12184 (MLS# 20265314)

Current Price: $2,550,000

Original List Price: 2550000

List Price: $2,550,000

Status: Active

Listing Contract Date: 2026-09-11

Property Sub Type: Single Family Residence

Listing Agreement: Exclusive Right To Sell

Owner Name: O'Brien

Occupant Type: Owner

Lease Considered YN: No

Bedrooms Total: 4

Bathrooms Total: 4

Bathrooms Full: 4

Above Grade Finished Area: 3125

Living Area: 3125

Accessibility Features YN: No

New Construction YN: No

Year Built: 1740

Garage YN: No

Lot Size Acres: 8.1

Basement YN: Yes

Stories: 2

Fireplace YN: Yes

Fireplaces Total: 3

Wood Stove YN: No

Spa YN: No

Senior Community YN: No

Sign On Property YN: No

List Price/SqFt: 816

Public Remarks: ''Querencia'' -- a place from which one draws strength; a sanctuary where one is most authentically themselves. Few properties can claim architectural lineage spanning four centuries, and fewer wear it as gracefully as ''Querencia.'' Begun as a 1750s colonial farmhouse and expanded in the 1840s with a Greek Revival addition, the home carries two centuries of early American architecture in its bones -- hand-hewn beams, original wide board floors, and Dutch doors original to the property. In the mid-20th century, architect John Messick, a contemporary of I.M. Pei sharing his sensitivity for blending modern elements into historic settings, added a third chapter: a silo-form modern wing nodding to the property's agricultural past, its interior a fully realized mid-century masterwork. The result is a rare architectural conversation across three eras, united by a top-to-bottom renovation with high-end fixtures throughout, and impeccably furnished. An oversized inglenook fireplace anchors the kitchen, seating, and dining areas in the modern wing -- one of three working fireplaces, alongside two original wood-burning fireplaces in the historic wing. ''Querencia'' was recently profiled in Dwell magazine and other design publications for this blend of eighteenth, nineteenth, and mid-twentieth century architecture. THE HOME Four bedrooms and four bathrooms are arranged with rare flexibility: a downstairs primary suite with fireplace and dressing room, an upstairs primary suite also with dressing room, an additional en-suite bedroom, and two further bedrooms, one sharing a full bath with a soaking tub overlooking the property. Ample closets and storage run throughout, and one additional room flexes easily into a bedroom or an office. THE GROUNDS ''Querencia'' sits along a winding country lane, its eight private acres embraced by six hundred additional acres of rolling farmland, bordered by the Old Kinderhook Golf Club, with only a couple of other homes within half a mile. This is a landscape, not a lot: antique barns, two spring-fed ponds, and wildflower fields rolling toward the horizon, the house settled into its hillside rather than placed upon it. A new swimming pool and stone terraces invite alfresco living year-round, while two barns, one weathered and one classic red, offer immediate utility and future potential, including existing designs for a main house addition and a proposed guest house site overlooking the ponds. A SANCTUARY - NOW & THEN The name is intentional. Long before its restoration, the property served as a sanctuary for rescued livestock -- the house was worn, but the love in it was unmistakable, and that spirit has guided every stage of its renovation. ''Querencia'' asks to be felt as much as seen, a home for another generation to steward. LOCATION Eight minutes to Kinderhook, twelve to Chatham, twenty to Hudson and Amtrak, thirty to the Berkshires, thirty-five to Tanglewood, forty to Albany International Airport, and two and a half hours to Boston. ''Querencia'' places you within easy reach of quaint villages, antique shopping, farm stands, and hiking trails, with the Catskills' Kaaterskill Falls and the Berkshires' fine dining and Tanglewood all close by.

Major Change Timestamp: 2026-09-11T17:52:31Z

Major Change Type: New Listing

Status Change Timestamp: 2026-09-11

Liber/Book: 934

Page: 1776

Section: 1778

Showing Attended YN: Yes

Bathroom Level: Basement

Den Level: Basement

Dining Room Level: First

Kitchen Level: First

Living Room Level: Main

Primary Bedroom Level: First

Street Number: 433

Street Name: Rapp

Street Suffix: Road

Street Direction Suffix: N

County: Columbia

State: NY

Zip Code: 12184

Town (Taxable): Valatie